Oil-burner.



G. W. WALTON.

OIL BURNER. 4

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1912.

1,052,537. fatehted Feb. 11, 1913.

(h arl es WWulton CHARLES W. WALTON, 0F LODI, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1913.

Application filed March 27, 1912. Serial No. 686,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WALTON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Lodi, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in oil burners and particularly to a burner adapted to use distillate or similar fuel, the object of the invention being to produce a burner in which the flame and heat can be controlled in an accurate and eflective manner, thereby when it is only desired to heat the top plates of the stove, the same can be i done, and when it is desired to heat only the oven of the stove, the same can be done, or when it is desired to heat both the top plates and the oven, this also can be done.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove showing the end broken out in order to illustrate the position of the burner in the stove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the burner with the pan and one flange in section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a fuel supply pipe. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a burner pipe.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a fuel supply pipe having a T-joint 2 projecting from the other side of which is a vertical pipe 3 connected with a valve 4 in turn having a projecting pipe 5 connected by suitable elbows 6 with a pipe 7 which projects through the side of the stove 8 and is connected with a larger pipe 9 projecting over a pan or reservoir 10 and connected at its outer end with a vertical enlarged tubular member 11 having a closed cap 12. Disposed on the side of the member 11 near its upper end is a plug 13 provided with two small holes projected toward the flue 14 over the oven 15 of the stove. On the sides disposed at right angles to the side on which the plug 13 is located are other plugs 16 provided with small holes directly toward upwardly projecting plates or flanges 17 on the ends of the pan 10. Connected with the other outlet of the Tjoint 2 is a pipe 18 having a T-joint 19 connected by a pipe 20 with a valve 21 from which a pipe 22 leads and discharges into the pan 10. From the other outlet of the T-joint 19 leads a pipe 23 having'an elbow 24 connected by a pipe 25 with a valve 26 fro-m which leads a pipe 27 connectedby elbows 28 to a pipe 29 connected with an enlarged pipe 30 extending across the pan 10. This pipe 30 is connected at its outer end with an enlarged vertical tubular member 31 having a closed top cap 32. Said member 31 is provided in its sides near its lower end with plugs 33 provided with small holes directed toward the flanges 17. In the side of the member 31 at right angles to the sides on which the plugs 33 are located is a plug'34 having a central orifice directed toward the side of the stove on which the hot watercoils would .be located.

In practice to start the fire, the valve 21 would be opened which would permit a small amount of the fuel to flow through the pipe 22 into the pan 10. This would then be ignited which would thoroughly heat the pipes 9 and 30. Then if it was desired to heat merely the top plates of the stove and not the oven, the valve 26 would be opened which would permit the fuel to flow through the pipes 27 and 29 into the heated pipe 30 where it would be converted into gas and pass into the enlarged pipe 31 and would pass through the orifices in the plugs 33 and 34, at which point it would ignite. By reason of the fact that the plugs 33 and 34 are in the lower end of the pipe 31 they are below the top level of the flue 14 and the flame is only directed toward the flanges 17 and the outer side of the fire box and not toward the oven. This as can be readily seen would only have a tendency to heat the top part of the stove. The heating of the flanges 17 of course is what keeps a suflicient heat around the pipes 9 and 30 and the pipe 31 to keep the fuel thoroughly gasified. Similarly, if it is only desired to heat the oven, the valve 26 would be closed and the valve 4 opened, whereupon the fuel would flow into the pipes 5 and 7 and into the pipe 9 where it would become gasified and pass into the pipe 11 and through the holes in the plugs 13 and 16. That portion passing out of the plug 16 would keep the flanges 17 hot to continue to warm the pipe 9 while that. passing out of the plug 13 would be thrown directly through the flue 14 and over the oven thus heating the oven 15 without a special regard to heating the top plates. Similarly if it was desired to heat the entire stove, then the valves 1 and 26 a would both be opened with a result as can be readily seen from the foregoing description.

In order to keep the gas generated in the pipes 9 and 30 from sucking back into the pipes 7 and 29 as it has a tendency to do whichsto-ps the flow of the fuel and renders the burner unsteady, in operation I fill. said pipes 7 and 29*with small gravel and rocks 35 which permits the fuel to flow readily therethrough, but which would prevent any back suction of the gas, there being a small orificed plug 36 in the front of said pipes and screens 37 and 38 over the front and rear ends respectively. This small orificed plug 36 sprays the fuel into the pipes 9 and 29 in a fine spray and thus aids in the generating of' the same into gasimmediately upon its being received into said pipes. The screens 37 and 38 keep the rocks 35 in position and still permit the fuel to pass therethrough.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in de tail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations fro-m such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising the combination of a fuel supply pipe, an ignition pan, a pipe leading from said fuel pipe and discharging in said ignition pan, a valve in said pipe, another pipe leading from said fuel pipe and projecting across said ignition. pan, an enlarged vertical pipe communicating with said last named pipe, said enlarged pipe having a plurality of orifices in its sides near the up per end, a valve in said second named pipe, a third pipe leading from said fuel pipe and projecting across said ignition pan, an enlarged vertical pipe connected with said last named pipe, said enlarged pipe being provided with a plurality of orifices inits sides near its lower end, suchorifices being in a lower plane than the orifices in said first named enlarged pipe, a valve in said third I named pipe leading from said fuel pipe, and upwardly projecting flanges at each end of said ignition pan, as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES W. IVALTON. Witnesses:

STEPHEN N. BLEWETT, PERCY S. WEBSTER.

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